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Vitamin E and prevention of heart disease in high-risk patients
1Vascular Biology Program, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Nutrition Reviews
|November 4, 2000
Abstract:
Several observational studies have suggested that high intake of vitamin E may slow the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Some clinical trials also reported beneficial effects of vitamin E supplementation in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. However, results of recent large, multicenter clinical trials reported that vitamin E supplementation was not effective in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients.